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The Altar of Gold (Altar de Oro) in the Iglesia de San Jose - This is the Altar saved by a quick thinking priest. As the pirate, Henry Morgan, was coming to ransack La Vieja, the old Panama City, a priest had the Altar of Gold painted black so it would not be stolen. It is the only thing left of La Vieja besides the ruins. Henry Morgan got everything else. It now resides in a Church in Casco Viejo and is made of Mahogany and gold plating it is pre-1671
One of the many Saints - an altar to The Virgin Mary
Altar de Oro
Some of the stained glass inside Iglesia de San Jose
The Virgin Mary
Some local art on a balcony in Casco Viejo
The statue of Simon Bolivar a national hero from the early 1800's
Apartments near the Plaza Bolivar
The Casco Viejo renovation headquarters
Simon Bolivar School from 1920
The tower of the Iglesia de San Francisco, the very top is illuminated in the moonlight so it has not been painted
The Statue says "The Liberator of the American Nations, Simon Bolivar"
Inside the Bolivar Palace, now the foreign ministry
Palace
The original pilings of the Palace from the early 1800's
The National Theatre
Iglesia de Santo Domingo
The Flat Arch - Arco Chato
La Iglesia de Carmen sits in Panama City and was built in 1947
Inside the Iglesia de Carmen
Inside Iglesia de Carmen
Calle Veneto in El Cangrejo
Poppy's for the men of today
Poppy's!!
Famous boxer's came from Panama, this statue is of Roberto Duran he was famous for his hands of stone and his tag line "No Mas"
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